Legal Opinion
People v. Brooklyn Garden Apartments, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 24, 1940PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSears, J.
In 1926, when the Legislature enacted the State Housing Law (Laws of 1926, ch. 823; since repealed L. 1939, ch. 808, now covered by Public Housing Law [Cons. Laws, ch. 44-a]), it declared the purpose of the act in its title to be “ To promote the public health and safety by providing for the elimination of unsanitary and dangerous housing conditions, to reheve congested areas, and the construction and supervision of dwellings and for the letting of apartments at reasonable rentals.” Within the declared purpose, the law authorized the organization of limited dividend companies to construct and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Morgan's Steamship Co. v. Louisiana Board of HealthSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Trustees of the Village of Saratoga Springs v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. SquireNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- D. E. Foote & Co. v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- City of Lackawanna v. State Board of Equalization & AssessmentNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
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